Paul Harvey, 90, was radio's original Prairie Home Companion. Harvey's radio career spanned more than 70 years, predating TV and continuing into the Internet age. And for the past 57 years, the appeal of Paul Harvey News & Comment truly transcended generations.

William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82.

Big Brother. McCarthyism. The patience of Job. Don't count on your typical teenager to nod knowingly the next time you drop a reference to any of these. A study out today finds that about half of 17-year-olds can't identify the books or historical events associated with them.

David Wigdor was assistant chief of the manuscript division at the Library of Congress in 1990 when he became interested in the case of Paul Hughes, a confidence man who once pretended to be a spy on Sen. Joseph McCarthy's staff. So he filed a request with the Justice Department for documents on the case.